Ivan Sanchez

Striker - Universidad Catolica
19 Jul 2029
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Marked for Ivan Sanchez

136 Edition

The Universidad Catolica Herald

5 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings5 Mar 2029

Nobody could get near Maximiliano Gutiérrez

Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match3 Mar 2029

Universidad Catolica make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Universidad Catolica have 4 straight wins of it.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Daniel González signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Daniel González and Universidad Catolica agree another 4 years.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Lautaro Guzmán in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Universidad Catolica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad5 Mar 2029

A row about effort at Universidad Catolica

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vicente Poggi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match3 Mar 2029

Diego Valencia sends Universidad Catolica past Audax Italiano

It finished 1‑0, and it was Diego Valencia’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Universidad Catolica.

Squad5 Mar 2029

A month that belonged to Ivan Sanchez

The young player of the month award goes to a 17-year-old at Universidad Catolica who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.

Player ratings5 Mar 2029

The afternoon belonged to Diego Valencia

A mark of 7.98, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

The dugout5 Mar 2029

When it matters, Maximiliano Gutiérrez plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

Back issues
133 Edition

The Universidad Catolica Herald

12 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad12 Feb 2029

A falling-out at Universidad Catolica

Lautaro Guzmán and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom12 Feb 2029

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Universidad Catolica

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad12 Feb 2029

A row about effort at Universidad Catolica

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vicente Poggi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match10 Feb 2029

Lucas Rodríguez the difference as Universidad Catolica beat Cobresal

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Lucas Rodríguez. 3‑1 against Cobresal, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces12 Feb 2029

The crowd has taken to Ivan Sanchez

At 17 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match10 Feb 2029

The drought breaks for Universidad Catolica

5 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Cobresal were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.

Market12 Feb 2029

Gary Valencia steps up from the Universidad Catolica academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gary Valencia has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market12 Feb 2029

One of our own: Cristian Bravo joins the Universidad Catolica first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cristian Bravo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market12 Feb 2029

Universidad Catolica promote Matias Bravo from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matias Bravo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief

66 Edition

The Universidad Catolica Herald

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout1 Nov 2027

Daniel González: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Universidad Catolica have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad1 Nov 2027

Tempers go at Universidad Catolica

Justo Giani was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market1 Nov 2027

Nicolás L'Huillier has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Universidad Catolica they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market1 Nov 2027

Universidad Catolica may not be able to give Juan Díaz what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Juan Díaz wants continental football; whether Universidad Catolica can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad1 Nov 2027

A row about effort at Universidad Catolica

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Agustín García Basso was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad1 Nov 2027

Ivan Sanchez out for 20 days

The medical room confirms 20 days on the sidelines for Ivan Sanchez, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout1 Nov 2027

A promise honoured for Lucas Rodríguez

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Universidad Catolica told Lucas Rodríguez something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

The dugout1 Nov 2027

Branco Ampuero gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Branco Ampuero is on it.

Squad1 Nov 2027

Universidad Catolica take the armband off Branco Ampuero

It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.

In brief